Key: G major
Verse 1
G
C
Eb
C
I left
Eb
C
Cape
Breton on a coal boat
And I met a little girl named Savvy
And I took her by her little white hand
Eb
C
She shook her head and said, No way, Fred
Cause you've been workin' on the coal boat,
C
G
boy, and you're nothin' but a dirty old man
C
F
C
G
You've been workin' on the coal boat, boy,
Well, I had to think of somethin' real fast,
Cm
you know
Baug
C
Well, I'm gonna quit the dirty old coal boat,
I'll buy a suit and get married,
put a ring on your little white hand
Eb
C
She nodded her head and said, OK, Fred
And Sally went along with the plan
F
C
But I'm still working on the coal boat by
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F
C
I'm still working on the
C
Eb
And I'm nothing but a dirty old man
C
G
Cm
Eb
C
F
C
G
F
C
G
C
It was sometime later on the corvo,
got a little letter from home
he's got you for a dad,
I hope you feel real grand
C
G
by Debbie, just like a dirty old man
C
F
C
He's gone working on the coal boat,
G
C
by Debbie, just like a dirty old man
Well, I left Kate Breton on the coal boat
Eb
C
She shook her head and said, No way, Fred
Cause you ain't gonna quit the cold,
G
C
but I love you, you dirty old man
F
C
You ain't gonna quit the cold, old guy,
G
C
G
but I love you, you dirty old man
F
C
F
C
G
C
F
C
G
C
Ebdim
C
Come on fellas on the coal boat,
I hope you understand
B
C
If she turns her back and says, no way
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F
C
Just keep workin' on the coal,
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F
C
Just keep workin' on the coal,
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C
b 'y, you'll be nothin' but a dirty old
Dirty old man
You
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